This Dr. Anders is in his mid-20s, and never went into the Navy. Instead, he pursued medicine and psychiatry from the beginning, and minored in criminology as well. He consults with law enforcement, both working with the traumatized victims of crimes and profiling on cases. He has, of course, the usual "deep, dark secret." He's a BDSM Dom, although he keeps that part of his life compartmentalized away from his professional life for obvious reasons.

The two are about to collide, though, because he's going to be brought in to consult on a brutal serial abuser whose primary targets are BDSM submissives. It's a case that'll hit very close to home in more ways than he can imagine.